W|L 48-31-3
17 - 23
W|L 51-27-4
Attendance: 19,911
Playoff W|L 6-9-0
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | FNL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 27 | 17 | 44 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 91 |
| UTA | 24 | 23 | 47 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 96 |
Playoff W|L 10-3-0
Season Head To Head
W|L 0-4-0
Nov. 04 1996HOU@UTA11 - 18
Nov. 09 1996UTA@HOU24 - 21
Jan. 25 1997UTA@HOU24 - 15
Apr. 11 1997HOU@UTA19 - 22
Playoff Match Up
W|L 1-4-0
May. 19 1997HOU@UTA17 - 28
May. 21 1997HOU@UTA19 - 23
May. 23 1997UTA@HOU20 - 33
May. 25 1997UTA@HOU26 - 24
May. 27 1997HOU@UTA17 - 23
May. 29 1997UTA@HOU-| - |-
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hakeem Olajuwon | 9 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 8 |
| 2. | Mario Elie | 9 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .333 | .667 | 3 |
| 3. | Charles Barkley | 4 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Matt Maloney | 4 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Clyde Drexler | 3 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Eddie Johnson | 3 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | .500 | 2 |
| 2. | Sedale Threatt | 6 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .500 | 1.00 | 4 |
| 3. | Kevin Willis | 3 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 4. | Othella Harrington | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Charles Jones | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Matt Bullard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Randy Livingston | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 42 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.25 | .250 | .313 | 17 | |
| Starters | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bryon Russell | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .333 | .000 | 4 |
| 2. | John Stockton | 6 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .250 | .000 | 7 |
| 3. | Karl Malone | 12 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | .000 | .400 | 4 |
| 4. | Greg Ostertag | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Jeff Hornacek | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Bench | Ps | MP | DNK | TObp | TOlb | TRV | TECH | PF | PFdr | ASTr | 3Pr | FTr | PTS | |
| 1. | Antoine Carr | 9 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 6 |
| 2. | Shandon Anderson | 4 | 9.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 3. | Greg Foster | 2 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 2 |
| 4. | Howard Eisley | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| 5. | Chris Morris | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .000 | 0 |
| 6. | Adam Keefe | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Stephen Howard | Player Did Not Play | ||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 46 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.00 | .158 | .105 | 23 | |